Cycling to work & a swim in the lake. Air 7°C, water ~9°C.
Got a flat tyre while passing some road works. It's handy to have a bicycle workshop at the office.

Mit dem Velo zur Arbeit & ein Bad im See. Luft 7°C, Wasser ~9°C.
Holte mir einen Platten, als ich an einer Baustelle vorbei fuhr. Praktisch, dass man eine Velowerkstatt im Geschäft hat.

#swimming #Schwimmen #Baden #cycling #cycle #velofahren #Velo #Fahrrad #Radfahren #bike2work #mdRzA #winterswimming #Winterschwimmen #Kaltbaden

Cycling to work & a swim in the lake. Air 7°C, water ~9°C.
Got a flat tyre while passing some road works. It's handy to have a bicycle workshop at the office.

Mit dem Velo zur Arbeit & ein Bad im See. Luft 7°C, Wasser ~9°C.
Holte mir einen Platten, als ich an einer Baustelle vorbei fuhr. Praktisch, dass man eine Velowerkstatt im Geschäft hat.

#swimming #Schwimmen #Baden #cycling #cycle #velofahren #Velo #Fahrrad #Radfahren #bike2work #mdRzA #winterswimming #Winterschwimmen #Kaltbaden

Here is a crazy idea: let people ride the #bicycles they like with the clothes they want. This goes both ways. Don’t judge people for wearing or not wearing spandex. Upright or aero positions are all fine. Let people just enjoy #cycling.

@ascentale @bikenite

Am I the only #bikenite tooter with colour matching bike, bags AND coffee maker

#bikenite #biketooter #cycling

Thanks Again to Phil for hosting and organising

Safe and fun riding to all!

Today I have passed 30,000 km since I started riding a #bike again. It would be odd to call it a #milestone, though.

#Biking #Cycling #Bicycle #Cycle

@ascentale @bikenite

Am I the only #bikenite tooter with colour matching bike, bags AND coffee maker

#bikenite #biketooter #cycling

Thanks Again to Phil for hosting and organising

Safe and fun riding to all!

And our last question of the week:

Q8. Hopefully you've had a good week. Do you have a photo to share from this past week? Cycling-related or not, it's fine either way.

#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite

You may have heard that American e-bike company, Rad Power Bikes may be going out of business:

Q7. What do you think of the situation, where an e-bike company with many bikes sold and proprietary parts may go out of business?

@seabikeblog blog post: https://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2025/11/10/rad-power-bikes-sends-employees-notice-of-potential-closure-as-efforts-continue-to-save-rad/

#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite

@meganL asks:

Q5. How can we legislate and design to discourage dangerous riding that we assume e-cycles enable without being ableist fuckheads about it?

#BikeNiteQ #BikeNite #BikeTooter #Cycling #MastoBikes cc @bikenite

What has legs but cannot walk? This conference table.

#Africa #Madagascar #Antananarivo #Malagasy #Bike #Cycling #CarryShitOlympics #Photography #OriginalPhoto #HalfHeartedFanatic

What has legs but cannot walk? This conference table.

#Africa #Madagascar #Antananarivo #Malagasy #Bike #Cycling #CarryShitOlympics #Photography #OriginalPhoto #HalfHeartedFanatic

Zero-rating bikes for VAT would be a simple solution with basically no administrative costs at all, that would produce a similar benefit for a wider range of people. I won't be holding my breath though while this right-lurching, economically illiterate shambles of a Government is in power. #cycling #BikeTooter /ends

That's not to say the Cycle to Work scheme is perfect: it's not. Zero-rating bikes and ebikes would be *much* better because that means the discount is available to everyone, not just full-time workers over the earnings threshold. Also the discount is the same for everyone, not bigger for high earners. Want to balance the duty books? Stick the VAT on jet fuel or stop freezing fuel duty if you *really* care about green transport #cycling #BikeTooter 7/n

People buy bikes. They ride them. Plenty of them ride them to work. Congestion and pollution is reduced. People get fitter. They take less sick days and they're less likely to drop dead from a long list of preventable diseases down the line. We're told the "cost" of the scheme was £150m last year. How many of the externalities are taken into account? As usual, precisely none. #cycling #BikeTooter 5/n

Anyway, that's not the point. Four grand for a e-cargo bike is mid market. If you're replacing a car – and that's what the scheme is about, moving to greener travel – the only ebikes you could get under the original £1k limit were pretty ordinary. And none of them were cargo bikes. #cycling #BikeTooter 3/n

Zero-rating bikes for VAT would be a simple solution with basically no administrative costs at all, that would produce a similar benefit for a wider range of people. I won't be holding my breath though while this right-lurching, economically illiterate shambles of a Government is in power. #cycling #BikeTooter /ends

That's not to say the Cycle to Work scheme is perfect: it's not. Zero-rating bikes and ebikes would be *much* better because that means the discount is available to everyone, not just full-time workers over the earnings threshold. Also the discount is the same for everyone, not bigger for high earners. Want to balance the duty books? Stick the VAT on jet fuel or stop freezing fuel duty if you *really* care about green transport #cycling #BikeTooter 7/n

Meanwhile the "cost" of subsidizing EVs over the same period is over £600m, not even counting subsidies for installing a charger. How many of the issues in city transport does that scheme address? Half of one. #cycling #BikeTooter 6/n

People buy bikes. They ride them. Plenty of them ride them to work. Congestion and pollution is reduced. People get fitter. They take less sick days and they're less likely to drop dead from a long list of preventable diseases down the line. We're told the "cost" of the scheme was £150m last year. How many of the externalities are taken into account? As usual, precisely none. #cycling #BikeTooter 5/n

Any limit that's put in place to placate the Telegraph-reading swivel-eyed gammons of middle Britain is going to impact people buying sensible ebikes for riding round town a great deal more than it is people getting a posh road bike. I don't doubt it happens. But even then: what's the real cost? #cycling #BikeTooter 4/n